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Party dress won't zip up. Cover with shrug??

I'm off to a party in two days. My frock, which I hadn't tried on until now, is gaping at the back and won't fasten. I've got the perfect shrug to go with the dress, and it covers the zip problem, especially if I use a well-hidden safety pin to secure it at the base of the gape.

I also have another dress, which has no problems zipping up but isn't quite what I want to wear to the party.

What should I do? The dress I want to wear is in my size, but has no 'give' in the waistband.

Is the zip jammed or won’t fasten. Jammed it can be replaced. Won’t fasten, sorry but wear the fitting dress. Chances are the zip will unzip. You will be too hot. People will be asking all night if they can take the shrug.

Ok. I went with the majority vote. Am now at my folks' place, and brought the Other Dress with me. Spent ages last night with a shoelace threaded through the offending zip, trying to pull it up. It's actually stiff into the bargain, which doesn't help, but MN Hivemind won out.I do actually adore this Other Dress, and I know I'll look great. Back to Slimming World next week, to eventually get into the little black number